getting mimetype of a file

[Ryan Paul]

is there any way to determine the mimetype of a file using ruby?

TIA

--SegPhault

[Ryan Paul]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 19:54:53 +0000, Ryan Paul wrote:

is there any way to determine the mimetype of a file using ruby?

TIA

--SegPhault

=P just realized I sent this to the wrong list. as long as I'm here... how
is it done in python?

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 19:58:10 GMT, rumours say that Ryan Paul
<se*******@sbcglobal.net> might have written:

is there any way to determine the mimetype of a file using ruby?

[snip]=P just realized I sent this to the wrong list. as long as I'm here... how
is it done in python?

The mimetypes.py module in the standard library is your friend.
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TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best,
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[Matteo Merli]

Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou wrote:

is there any way to determine the mimetype of a file using ruby?

[snip]

=P just realized I sent this to the wrong list. as long as I'm here... how
is it done in python?

The mimetypes.py module in the standard library is your friend.

A more effective approach would be to use the "magic" module that come
with the "file" utility (it is present in the sources, but not built by
default).
This way you can perform a fine-grained recognition of files..

Matteo

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:52:20 GMT, rumours say that Matteo Merli
<ma**********@studenti.unipr_punto_it> might have written:

Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou wrote:

is there any way to determine the mimetype of a file using ruby? [snip]

=P just realized I sent this to the wrong list. as long as I'm here... how
is it done in python?

The mimetypes.py module in the standard library is your friend.

....if one wants to judge by the filename only (I wasn't clear earlier).
A more effective approach would be to use the "magic" module that come
with the "file" utility (it is present in the sources, but not built by
default).
This way you can perform a fine-grained recognition of files..

Indeed. One such attempt (mine) to use the "magic" file from python can
be found here:

http://www.sil-tec.gr/~tzot/python/
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TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best,
"I have a cunning plan, m'lord" --Sean Bean as Odysseus/Ulysses